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L, T. WEISS. GASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

No. 449,393 Patented Mar..81,1-891.

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CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

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L. T. WEISS. CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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arm 19 is vibrated to its full extent, equal to ninety degrees, it willhave the effect toadd arm 19, in the bossof which isa keyway,

which is engaged by the key6. -Thus the pawlarm follows the movements of the inner shaft 5 4, which actuatesit. A spring-pawl 20: on this arm engages the teeth of a ratchet-wheel 21, which turns loosely on shaft- 2. A stoppawl 22 prevents backward-rotation of the wheel 21. Fixed to the ratchet-wheel 2l'is a gear-wheel 23, which gears with an intermediate wheel 24. This intermediate'wheel gears with a pinion or wheel 25, secured to the pri-;

marywheel of the series ofsadding-wheelsflii. i These adding-wheels form part of'a wellknown adding mechanisrmwhich will'reqilire Itv will only be necessary to say that the numerals on 't-he faces no further description.

of the several wheels 26,which numerals form parts of the sum, will appear at au aperture 27 in the casing, as seen in Figsti and 7, the

former of which is an elevation and the .lat-. 'ter a sectional plan of this portion of the ap paratus detached. This aperture 27 may be svay.

the attendant receives asum'of money-.as

the'qu drant-plate 10. This will -have the "QOHhereQn is visible atthe glazed sight-apex I turef17 and appears prominently before the erson fa in the mono This o eration- I addition to shifting the dial, of setting the stop-pin 18 (which moves with the'arm 3) at the proper point in the path of'the pawlarm 19 to limit the movement of the latter. It maybe stated here that when the pawlto the sum already indicated by the wheels 26 -the' amount of one dollar, or onehundred cents, and the shifting of the stop-pin 18 by the setting operation before described limits this vibration of said arm to such an extent that itwilladd onlyeightyto said sum; After settinglthe apparatus, as above set forth, the

operator grasps the knob 4 and turns it to the right as far as it Will-go. The effect of this is to swing the pawl-arm 19 over to the right until'it strikes the stop-pin 1S, thepawl '20 riding over the teeth of ratchet-wheel2l. He then turns the knob 4* back toward the left as faras-it will go, whereby the ratchetwheel 21 is rotated bythe pawl until the pawl-arm 19 is stopped by afixedstop-pin 29, against which i'mpinges the pawl In order to prevent accidental disarrangement of the pawl-arm in setting the apparatus, I prefer to employ a detaiuer 30, (seen in Fig. 4,) which consists of a fiat bent spring mounted on thecasing. This spring takes oi/er the end o'fsaid arm 19 when it is home. This device isnote'ssential, and is only a precausition by its spring 32.

closed by a wicket or plate 28in a well-known z The apparatus operates as 'foilows: When can indicating, and it=,l1as the effect, in

tionaj'y device. It does not olferany very material resistance 'to' the movement of the In'order to compel the operator to move the pawl-arm lfi throughout the whole extent of its vibration in both directions, I employ a rack '3l,lfixed to the back plate of the casing,

anda shifting dog 3.2, mounted on'the pawl-' arm 19 and adapted to engage this fixedrack the arm '19 detached, showing the dog 32 with '31. Iu'Fig (i.I have shown the rear face of.

onexof its Y two teeth engaging the rack 31.

When shifted by contactwith either of the shifting-pins 1,8 or18'," the dog is held in pog I do not herein claim this. shifting dog and its rack. When the 1 arm'llll is-brou ghtback home by turning the Qknob t toward the left, it sounds a gong 33 through the medium ofqaspring-trip 34: on,

the lower end of the arm 19, which engages a similar trip 35011- the hammer-arm 36.

I have described the pawl-arm '19 as being brought home'by turning vthe knob 4 to the left ,withthe-hand; but I' prefer to provide means for retracting .the' said pawl-arm automatical'ly, as'by a spring. In Fig. 3 I have shownsuch "a retractingspring arranged within the stemof the knob 4?; of said'knob is recessed to form a springcasing, in which'is placed a coil-spring 37, which embraces the shaft4, and is fixed at one end to said shaft and at the other end to the casing. I prefer tozso gear the dial '16 to the rock-shaft-flnthat it sllall'make a com:

plete rotation ousai'd shaft when the latter shall "have made one-fourth of a complete rotation; but thisproportion is not essential.

The dial is made concave atiits central portion, so as to house-the gearing which drives it and enable the rim -por-tion'of the dial on The stem which-the conspicuousnumerals are marked test-and close to the glazed aperture 17.

The housing of the rock-shaft s wit-hin-the rock-shaft 2conduces materially to compactness of the apparatus. In assembling the parts-the shafts are slipped together, the

pawl-arm is slipped on, the key 6 dropped into its place in shaft 4, and the arm slipped over said key so asto, engage it. The key secures thctwo shafts together, and the boss of the pawl-arm is confined between the key and the back plate of the casing.

Ashore shown the'apparatus is designed.

toad'd up only sumsof five and multiples thereof.

.IIaving thus described my invention, I

claim- 1'. In a cash counter and register, the colnbination, with. the casing and the plate 10, bearing a series of numerals, as described, of the rock-shaft 2, mounted in said casing, the arm '3 on said shaft, furnishedwith a pointer which traverses the plate 10, the dial 16, mounted loosely on the shaft 2 and marked with conspicuous numerals adapted to be brought before a sight-apcrturein the casingceases e by the rotation of said dial,.the gear-Wheel 12 on shaft 2, the gear-wheel 15, fixed to the dial, and the intermediate gear-wheels l3 and 14,-wherehy a quarter-rotation of the shaft 2 effects a complete rotation of said dial, substantially as set forth. I

2. In a cash counter and register, the combination, with the casing and the tubular rock-shaft 2, which aetuates the sttin g mechanism, of the r0ck-shaft 4, which actuates the adding mechanism, mounted on the said shaft- 2, the arm 19, mounted loosely on the shaft 2, and the key 6, which engages the shafts and "arm 19,.said key playing in an opening in the side ofth'e tubular shaft 2, set forth.

3. In a cash counter and register, the 00111- hinatien,'witl1 the casing, of the tubular shaft the stop-pin 18, carried by and moving with substantially as .sald shaft, the rock-shaft 4, arranged within the tubular shaft 2, the pawl-arm 19, connected to and actuated by said shaft 4, the

pawl 20, carried by said arm, and the ratchetwheel 21, with which said pawl engages, said ratchet-whcel being mounted loosely on the shaft 2, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a cash counter and register, the combination, with a casing havinga sight-aperture 1'7 and aquadrant-plate 10 mounted thereon and having numberedgraduatiens on its face, of the rock-shaft 9, the operatingarm 8 thereon provided with a pointer 11, which traverses plate 10, the dial 16, mounted loosely on shaft 2 and having conspicuous numerals on its face adapted to be brought -to the sight-aperture in the casing by rotahours 1. ws'rss.

Witnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, J. D. CAPLINGER. 

